Share your day October 2013

TICA

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And here we are in October. Leaves are falling off the trees in the front yard, rain is coming in and temps are slowly dropping although we have broken records for it being so warm this late in the year.

Stacked two cords of wood recently and put the tarps on it yesterday.

Think I'm going to stay home today and do some housework. I'm in a puttering mood.:)
 

Official opening of the bushfire season today. Heard there's already been over 1,000 callouts through September so they may have to rejig that date. Gonna be an exciting summer I think.

Wild weather warnings all day on the radio, severe storms and gale force winds, but they've all missed us up far, still dry as and hardly a breeze. I think lower down the coast copped some though.
 

Yes, here it is October already...and I don't have the covers on the gutters yet. I meant to have them ordered before now....the gutters are still stopped up from last fall's leaves.
 
The minutes and seconds in a 24 hour period have not changed since we were children. I sure don't know where the time gets off to. Time flies, even on a slow day for me. I've been up since 4:30 AM, yet here it is, "already" 7:30 AM:confused:

"I resemble that remark" .hehe ...
I know what you mean, I often wonder now, how I would do with a heavy schedule .. just not in the cards to get a dozen things going on any given day anymore, since I spin my wheels most of the time.
But having beautiful weather here since fall got here, it does inspire me to take care of putting things away outside, and that's a good thing.
It will be back to inside cleaning when a cold front comes this weekend.
 
Now begins the Official SifuPhil Depression Season, which lasts from October 1[SUP]st[/SUP] to January 1[SUP]st[/SUP].

Most of my now-deceased family was born in the fall, I recall with horror all the married-life family gatherings I had to attend, I despise holidays and the only one that I ever DID like - Halloween - has been pre-empted by a bunch of stupid adults who think it's clever to dress up as a condom or a pack of cigarettes.

That's why, coincidentally, the period of time between October 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and January 1[SUP]st[/SUP] is also the high point of the Philstivus Season, a time for drinking, drugging and associating with ladies of dubious virtue.

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See y'all in January! :devilish:
 
I've been lovin' the cool crisp air of autumn, I always love watching the leaves blow around as nature prepares for winter. Yesterday I pulled some weeds, and took the old tarp off the little woodpile we have, those things just disintegrate after a year or so in the sun and weather. Probably will try without one for awhile, although I have a new one waiting in the garage.

Still have to get out the ladder and clean out the gutters, luckily it's a ranch style house. We have a lot of big pine needles along with the leaves from the city trees. Today, it's a little more yard clean-up before the cold/snow comes. Last winter was mild, they say that this winter is supposed to be extra cold.

First we take our walk in the park with the furkid. The older he gets, the more clingy. He's big, around 60 pounds, and lays at the foot of the bed, my side of course. Well, last night, his whole body was next to mine, between me and hubby. I had to be his inner 'spoon' all night, as I couldn't roll over on my right side at all, no place for my knees. Around 2:30, the cat came up on my pillow and put his arm around my neck, nice and comfy for his nap with mom. I sighed and growned a bit, because I had even less room to move. Hubby put a small light on and couldn't help laughing at the situation. We both were joking that the photo would be a hit on the internet, lol.

Time definitely seems to fly by as we age, can't believe it! As a kid, a year would take forever, like from Christmas to Christmas...now, turn around and another year is gone forever. :( :eek:ld:
 
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2nd October, a big welcome to the warm sunny days, The daffs have finished flowering, always sorry to see them go, all my Spring blubs have come through, Spraxias, tulips, Iris', snow drops. My fav. azalea, coconut ice, is in full bloom.
With this warmer weather comes the grass, the lawnmower comes out more often.
Daylight saving has started.
 
Your garden sounds lovely Fern, we have the Lilac and Rock rose, Photinia and Dasie bushes in flower at the moment, sogarden is looking colourful at the moment.
 
Don't worry about cleaning up Di, he wuvs ya just the way you are, besides if you put a sign up that says This house was clean yesterday, sorry you missed it, that will cover you I won't be around much as off to the Doctor to find out why i have been suffering from dizziness for the past week
 
Hope it nothing too serious Jilly, maybe something with the inner ear? Good luck at the doc, hope they can help.
 
I keep hearing the same thing:)

I have only seen two legitimate Wooly Bears so far. Both of them were both a creamy rich pumpkin color. One had a tiny tip of black on one end and the other didn't have any black.

I have never seen true Wooly Bears with so little (or no) black on them.

How much black and where is how the Wooly Bear folk lore predicts winter.

We have had a shortage of Wooly Bears since around 2008?, when a three day late Spring freeze turned the leaves on the 100 year old oak tree black. We thought we might lose that tree but it managed to recover.

We also had a very mild winter last year; it will be interesting to see what this one brings: cold and a lot of ice, cold and no snow, cold and lots of snow.

I thought the brown area was what predicted snow or cold?? At least that's what we've heard.

Jillaroo,​ good luck at the dr; hope it's just a cold or something.
 
Thanks for those tips. I had the old 'poor me, I've had a couple of bad days' spiel ready but got the place in order in time so didn't need to use it.
He came bearing a very welcome gift. Guess what I desperately needed but couldn't buy, even in the Woopi supermarket?
A new, non-stick egg lifter/pancake flipper!
You'd think that was a pretty simple implement to access but nope, not around here. I sent him an email to pick one up if saw any down there and sure enough, now have an absolute ripper. The old one was a spare 1970's vintage with a steel handle and the lifter part was wobbling about and ready to fall off. I'd be out of business in the cooking department without that particular tool of trade... soooo grateful for him remembering it. But as he was the one who broke my old favourite one it's only fair I guess.
 
Rain stopped and sun is shining!!! Picked up groceries for Mom this morning, did her banking and had a quick visit. The leaves are all red and orange so it was a great drive home, I just love this time of year. My daughter is going to Toronto tonight for a concert and to spend some a few days with my son, so I'll be alone for the next few days. The critters and I shall have a lovely time and I'm hoping the weather stays good.

Can't believe it is Wednesday already. Funny how time dragged when I was working and now it just speeds by. I had to google wooly bear too. I thought you were talking about an actual bear......
 
Yep, the depth of color of the brown, plus how big the black stripes are.

According to the two I saw, my area shouldn't have a winter but it's early. I THINK it's what they look like in November that is the indicator.

We are running ten degrees above average this week. mid-high 80's today with dew points in the 60's. That does not make me happy as my horses have a good start on their winter coats, so this heat/humidity makes them miserable:(

We had a very mild winter last year, so I think we'll pay for that this year.

Poor horses!! I agree that we're going to have a cold Winter this year. As far as the wooly bears, I did see some solid white caterpillars this year; eating my morning glories. From what I read, there are a lot of them, but they may not be the same family. They sure were pretty, tho.
 
As a child I didn't differentiate between caterpillars and grubs. I still use grub for hairy caterpillars.
I always found them to be rather fascinating.

We were wary of them though and ones like these were called spitfires.

 
Another beautiful day here. Washing the dog blankets, heading for the barn this afternoon - hoping I have the energy to hop on for a ride, then an early dinner with the barn owner.

Did I tell ya how much I love being retired!! :eek:nthego:
 

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